Science (feat. Arto Tunçboyacıyan)

System of a Down

Making two possibilities a reality,
Predicting the future of things we all know,
Fighting off the diseased programming
Of centuries, centuries, centuries, centuries.

Science fails to recognize the single most
Potent element of human existence
letting the reigns go to the unfolding
Is faith, faith, faith, faith.

Science has failed our world
Science has failed our Mother Earth.

Science fails to recognize the single most
Potent element of human existence
letting the reigns go to the unfolding
Is faith, faith, faith, faith.

Science has failed our world
Science has failed our Mother Earth.
Spirit-moves-through-all-things
Spirit-moves-through-all-things
Spirit-moves-through-all-things,
Spirit-moves-through-all-things
Spirit-moves-through-all-things
Spirit-moves-through-all-things.

letting the reigns go to the unfolding
Is faith, faith, faith, faith
letting the reigns go to the unfolding
Is faith, faith, faith, faith.

Science has failed our world
Science has failed our Mother Earth.

Spirit-moves-through-all-things
Spirit-moves-through-all-things
Spirit-moves-through-all-things,
Spirit-moves-through-all-things
Spirit-moves-through-all-things
Spirit-moves-through-all-things
Spirit-moves-through-all-things
Spirit-moves-through-all-things
Spirit-moves-through-all-things,
Spirit-moves-through-all-things
Spirit-moves-through-all-things
Spirit-moves-through-all-things
Science has failed our Mother Earth.


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    Right and scientific advancements in weaponry haven't hurt anybody. Every hear of napalm? The atomic bomb? Bio-warfare? Guns, bombs, flamethrowers etc? How about the horrible experiments performed in the name of "science" by the Nazis and Japanese during WW2?

    I'm not saying to stop or slow scientific research and advancement at all but acting like it's never caused any harm is pure idiocy. Faith in a deity is fairly benign by itself and is the cause of very few, if any, of the world's problems today.

    Stop posting your opinion as fact. It IS possible that the artist doesn't agree with you.

    93cianon August 15, 2012   Link

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